The Wiley-Blackwell History of Jews and Judaism by Levenson, Alan T.

The Wiley-Blackwell History of Jews and Judaism (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781405196376)

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The Wiley-Blackwell History of Jews and Judaism by Levenson, Alan T.

The Wiley-Blackwell History of Jews and Judaism

$216.95
The Wiley-Blackwell History of Jews and Judaism by Levenson, Alan T.

The Wiley-Blackwell History of Jews and Judaism

$216.95
Format: Hardcover
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In The Wiley-Blackwell History of Jews and Judaism, a team of internationally-renowned scholars offer a comprehensive and authoritative overview of Jewish life and culture, from the biblical period to contemporary times.
  • Provides a comprehensive and authoritative overview of the main periods and themes of Jewish history, from Biblical Israel, through medieval and early modern periods, to Judaism since the Holocaust, the Arab-Israeli conflict, and Judaism today
  • Brings together an international team of established and emerging scholars across a range of disciplines
  • Discusses how to present Judaism - to both non-Jews and Jews - as a religious system on its own terms and with its own unique vocabulary
  • Explores the latest scholarship on a range of issues, including folk practices, politics, economic structure, the relationship of Judaism to Christianity, and the nature of Zionism diaspora and its implications for contemporary Israel
  • Considers Jewish historiography and the lives of ordinary people, the achievements of Jewish women, and the sustained interaction of Jews within the environments they inhabited
  • Edited by a leading scholar in Jewish studies and history


Author: Alan T. Levenson
ISBN-10: 1405196378
ISBN-13: 9781405196376
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Language: English
Published: 05/21/2012
Pages: 704
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.70lbs
Size: 9.80h x 6.90w x 1.50d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 12/01/2012
By Alan T. Levenson
By Alan T. Levenson
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Alan T. Levenson is the Schusterman/ Josey Professor of Jewish Religious and Intellectual History at the University of Oklahoma. His publications include Between Philosemitism and Antisemitism (2004); The Story of Joseph: A Journey of Jewish Interpretation (2004); An Introduction to Modern Jewish Thinkers (2nd ed., 2006); and The Making of the Modern Jewish Bible (2011).

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